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Paperback. J.M.W. Turner's The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last Berth to be Broken Up (1838) was his masterpiece. Sam Willis tells the real-life story behind this remarkable painting. Series: Hearts of Oak Trilogy. Num Pages: 416 pages, 32pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTM; HBWH; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 134 x 30. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849162616
ISBN
9781849162616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.18

Paperback. Manners: the quintessential business of being English. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBT; WJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Murray Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848546677
ISBN
9781848546677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.62

Paperback. The most comprehensive general guide to Islam available. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBTB; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Constable
Edition
First THUS
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845292744
ISBN
9781845292744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. The internet offers an immensely effective tool for unlocking your family tree. This guide shows you: how to use internet to find out who your family were, and therefore who you are; and how to access the wealth of on-line records to trace your family tree from your own computer, without the need to travel to national and regional record offices. Num Pages: 163 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Constable and Robinson United Kingdom
Edition
47420th
Number of pages
163
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845283445
ISBN
9781845283445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. An exceptionally dramatic life of Joan of Arc and her previously unchronicled mentor, Yolande of Aragon. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780220291
ISBN
9781780220291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Hardback. The 1962 Cuban missile crisis had many possible outcomes. Positing an alternate history helps us better appreciate the dangers of that tense time. Such counterfactual speculation shows what the Cuban missile crisis could have wrought and how it was truly one of the most important moments of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 316 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597975179
ISBN
9781597975179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBTB; WST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 179 x 6. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781583941805
ISBN
9781583941805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.37

Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Heald, Hallie. Num Pages: 352 pages, Color illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 186 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1012.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seal Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580056533
ISBN
9781580056533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.99
€ 22.32

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Advances. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403920423
ISBN
9781403920423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.33

Paperback. an essential document of the Black Panther Party written by three leading thinkers and party activists who were jailed following the FBI'S 1969 mandate to destroy the organization "by any means possible." Series: Semiotext(e) / Active Agents. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 175 x 118 x 14. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Semiotext(e)
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780936756745
ISBN
9780936756745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.60

Paperback. A fascinating, first-person account of a historic era in the struggle for black empowerment in America. Editor(s): Morrison, Toni. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 B&W photographs. BIC Classification: JF; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
City Lights Books United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872865297
ISBN
9780872865297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.26

Paperback. The tenth volume in the acclaimed paperback series .. the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a nation. Editor(s): Payton, Philip. Series: Cornish Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; GTB; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897334
ISBN
9780859897334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.14

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857388148
ISBN
9780857388148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.12

Paperback. Comparative case studies reveal the multiple relations between psychoanalysis and globalization, showing how imperial ideologies were incorporated into early psychoanalytic theory, and how psychoanalysis has been reconfigured to critique imperialism. Editor(s): Anderson, Warwick; Jenson, Deborah; Keller, Richard C. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349792
ISBN
9780822349792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Paperback. This cultural history of the evolution of modern marriage practices in colonial Bengal shows that arranged marriage as it is practiced today is a modern practice from the colonial era. Num Pages: 360 pages, 42 photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKB; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344780
ISBN
9780822344780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.02

Paperback. Presents the history of British colonial doctrine and its contribution to the emergence of rural development and environmental policies. This work examines the way that development as a framework of ideas and institutional practices emerged out of the strategic engagement between science and the state at the climax of the British Empire. Series Editor(s): Webb, James L. A., Jr. Series: Series in Ecology & History. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBG; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821417188
ISBN
9780821417188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.91

Paperback. Series: The Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816629978
ISBN
9780816629978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.07

Paperback. Takes the enslaved person's claims of human consumption seriously, focusing on both the literal starvation of the slave and the tropes of cannibalism on the part of the slaveholder, and further draws attention to the ways in which Blacks experienced their consumption as a fundamentally homoerotic occurrence. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814794623
ISBN
9780814794623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. A collection of essays and documents chronicilizing the history of treatment, labeling, and understanding of mental retardating in the U.S. NYUP is one the forefront of publishing in disability studies. Editor(s): Noll, Steven; Trent, James. Series: The History of Disability. Num Pages: 513 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 689.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
513
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814782484
ISBN
9780814782484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.02

Paperback. Explores the changing role of masculinity as the open range slowly disappeared and the cowboys had fewer places to roam Num Pages: 281 pages, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814763414
ISBN
9780814763414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.52

Paperback. In this book, the author explores the remarkable changes in Estonia since 1980 - including its successful bid for sovereignty in 1991 - and frames his picture within the larger picture of the Soviet Union and its demise. Num Pages: 268 pages, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUE; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780813317038
ISBN
9780813317038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBZ; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Beacon Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807076996
ISBN
9780807076996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.80

Paperback. This study of the regulation of sexuality in the Qing dynasty explores the social context for sexual behavior criminalized by the state, showing how regulation shifted away from status to a new regime of gender that mandated a uniform standard of sexual morality and criminal liability for all people, regardless of their social status. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 440 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804745598
ISBN
9780804745598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.47

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803232907
ISBN
9780803232907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.26

Paperback. This study traces the American tradition of the suspicion of immigrant populations spreading disease. From the cholera outbreak of the 1930s to the associations of Haitians and AIDS, the author shows how immigrant groups have been regularly slandered as carriers of particular diseases. Num Pages: 384 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFFN; JPVH1; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801850967
ISBN
9780801850967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.39

Hardback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 25, 7 black & white halftones, 13 maps, 4 black & white line drawings, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUF; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 168 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1028.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801451287
ISBN
9780801451287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.20

Paperback. A compelling oral history of life in Liverpool and the third title in our Disappearing Britain series Num Pages: 416 pages, 8pp b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBTD; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755317165
ISBN
9780755317165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.58

Paperback. The first title in our Disappearing Britain series, which records the lives of those in areas which have changed massively Num Pages: 400 pages, 8pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBTD; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755317127
ISBN
9780755317127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750968492
ISBN
9780750968492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.39

Paperback. Cannibalism is one of the oldest and deepest seated taboos. This work provides a lively and easily digestible account from the earliest incidents through to the modern day. It includes ritual cannibalism in primitive societies; cases in mythology, literature and fairy tales and contemporary figures. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 illusrations. BIC Classification: BTC; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750943734
ISBN
9780750943734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.03

Paperback. An introduction to heraldry, this book explains each term with illustrations and text and expounds the basic principles so the reader will understand what a coat of arms consists of and the rules that govern its arrangement. Series: Discovering Books. Num Pages: 96 pages, b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 114 x 9. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747806608
ISBN
9780747806608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.13

Paperback. The story of grog is the story of Australia. This is how it all began. Num Pages: 336 pages, 35 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBFN; 3JH; HBJM; HBLL; HBTB; WBXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 32. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hachette Australia
Condition
New
SKU
V9780733634017
ISBN
9780733634017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.95

Paperback. Empires - vast states of territories and peoples united by force and ambition - have dominated the political landscape for more than two millennia. This title departs from conventional European and nation-centered perspectives to take a look at how empires relied on diversity to shape the global order. Num Pages: 528 pages, 44 halftones. 34 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QD; HBG; HBJQ; HBL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 179 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
unknown
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152363
ISBN
9780691152363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 149 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 205 x 11. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
149
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679781264
ISBN
9780679781264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.32

Paperback. Drawing on a range of written and visual materials, including private and business archives, and working at the intersections of art history, literature, and cinema studies, this title argues that "spectacular realities" are part of the foundation of modern mass society. Num Pages: 243 pages, 50 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JHBS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356. Early Mass Culture in Fin-de-Siecle Paris. 243 pages, 52 b&w photographs, 1 map. Drawing on a range of written and visual materials, including private and business archives, and working at the intersections of art history, literature, and cinema studies, this title argues that "spectacular realities" are part of the foundation of modern mass society. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JHBS; JHM. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520221680
ISBN
9780520221680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; KNTR; TDPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486814452
ISBN
9780486814452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. A fascinating look into how and why the English love to be beside the seaside. Num Pages: 256 pages, Black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBTB; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton London
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340935118
ISBN
9780340935118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. From the bestselling author of FORGOTTEN VOICES OF THE GREAT WAR, comes an unforgettable collection of vivid eyewitness accounts of life in the Royal Navy Num Pages: 576 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBTD; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340838143
ISBN
9780340838143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.71

Hardback. New York Times bestselling author Stephen Harding explores the little-known episode of a US cargo ship that mysteriously vanished, along with her crew, hours before the attack on Pearl Harbor, marking the start of a global conflict and sparking one of the most enduring nautical mysteries of the war. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 pages black-&-white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Edition
First American Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306825033
ISBN
9780306825033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.15

Paperback. "Superbly researched and vividly written, The Devil's Music is one of the only books to trace the rise and development of the blues both in relation to other forms of black music and in the context of" Num Pages: 320 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; AVGK; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Hachette Books United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306807435
ISBN
9780306807435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.71

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